Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-05
BLUE Ind GRAY.
C0mmem0ration OF Gettys-
burg at the Famous
Battlefield.
No Hope Of Rescuing the
Entombed Miners at
Virginia City.
ALMOST A RIOT.
Mrs. Ellen RegIe Commits
Suicide at Her Home
in Truckee.
Base BAN Gamss-Ths Fsarth Of JaIy-
Tia Mrs. Brooks Mystery Charged
lwlth Murder - TepeIehampo
coasay TAlk--Dlsappelna-
ed Aadienes.



THE mKm0RAs1x nAY CELEBRATED r
rHR HUE AND CRAY on TIE FAMOUS
BATTLE-FKKLp.
GErrHEBuRa (Pa.), July 3.-Very lit
tie more sleep visited the people Of Get
tysbHKR last might than on the night q
July 2, 1865. This moaning dawned
clear and beautiful, o perfect counter,
part Of the day iE commemsFaaed. II
place Of cannon-shoAs, however, the
shrill shxieks Of locomotives broke khs
sabbath stiffness ~ exuuFsion after ex-
eursion reinforced the ero@ds In the
streess. The morning was spent ID
ERht-aeeinR and going over the field.
AZ 1a0 p. m. the procession formed al
the Eagle Hotel, and lead By Adiuaanl
WhiteAker and followed BY the band,
took mp les march towards the place
where twenty years before the Philadel-
phia men had held their position against
the
FAMOUS PIcxETT's DIVISION
OF Lonestreas's corps OF the Army Of
Northern Virginia. At length Ehey
reached Bloody Angle" The band
struck ap "RalIy Round the Flag.
Boys," and the old Philadelphia BrE
9ade was once more on the ground they
% nobIy defended against such over
whelming odds. The stone fence Ia
still standing, behind Which the PhiIa-
delphia Brigade made iss heroic stand,
and the TIVE monuments Of the Sixty
ninth and 6aventy-AEst are located
within few fest Of it. A few minutes
After s'elcek the Sixty ninth marched
10 the stand erected for the Pusposa.
snd there the assemblage was called 10
oFdex by Colonel OBTicn. who intro
duced Adi0sant- General w. c. McDeF-
mott, who read the
LIST on KILLED
And moEtaIly wounded Of the 69th reei-
ment. He then presented Gen. Joshua
I. Owens, who delivered the 0ration.
Daring his speech the General said
hat the commander Of the Philadelphia
when he placed them at she
Itope wall 10 such An advanced position
Knew that they would stay there and
hold that position 10 death. He refer.
red TO the manner In which they got
he name Of
''PADDT owEN's REsULAss."
And pointed out General Bgown q She
nan who 90 called them. He said thai
he hardly knsw what 10 SAY 10 the men
xho twenty-four years ago tsdAy
merged from the woods 1,13o yards
way and made terrible assault on
he Union line. sIIat them place their
where they Wish,n he con
inued, "Armissead and several others
,ie1ceo cur line, and here within q few
eet Of this SPOT be fell, wounded unto
leath- The renowned phalnaxes Of
alexander would not have dared TO
make the charge that Pickett made" /"
n closing he called for thres cheers for
'icketts' division as Q
P. 1oF or THEm FRIENDSHIP.
hey we're given with O will, as we're
hree cheers for General Ovens.
Colonel Reilly then presented the
to the care and keeping Of
be Battlefield Memorial Association. II
las received In their name by Colonel
!. D. Baichelder. Az soon as Colonel
SatcheldeF had finished Colonel Reilly
ose and In the name Of the 6eth reQi-
sent presented him with O handsome
old watch, appropriately inscribed. |
be Colonel was much surprised, and In |
few words thanked the regiment for
q kind remembrance of him.
Before the ceremony began Mrs. Pick.
e, escorted By Gen. Burns, teok her
eat on the platform, and tbs crowd ct |
noe eheered her.
Nov Adiutaat General McDermott |
Ieppsd forward and presented her
nth
BEAUTIFUL FLORAL cross,
Which had been gives the brigade by
frs. Reed, Of Philadslphia, and which |
hey now wished to present to her.
his finished the ceremonies Of the
iixty-nsnth and nov the Hevsnty first
COX the platform, and Captain Stock
on introdueed General Burns, Who sue
eeded General Baker 10 command. as
ratoR. when be flushed, General
Baldy" Smith was presented and
poke for only Q few minutes. ID fell
Ipon Gamerai WisteF TO turn the uouu-
nent ever to the Battlefield Memorial
association, and be vas % much
iffected by the sight Of the small num-
'eR OF the brigade remaining thAs it
ooh him some moments 10 master his
ceilings, and occasionally during his
peech his voice would choke and he
Tith difEeulty continued.
TIE MosuMxET Was AccEFTKp
a the name Of the Association By
)olonel John NJ. VAndeEslice. Of Phila-
ielphia.
Colonel X. Penn Smith then, in q
cry interesting speech, turned over TO
he Memorial Association the tablet Of
ashing's battery. which was also re-
leiyed by Colonel Yandsrsliee.
The crowd then moved ap near the
FAMOUS oLUa6P OF TAEEs
where GowAn's battery monument 10
rected- When ali vas ready Colonel
Apdrew Oowan introduced Rev. James
< Dickson, Who offered prayer. Mrs.
oinketa was then ascending the plat
ERIN, and Colonel Oowan, arising,
banked her for her presence, and also
Relcomed the wife Of the Commander
4 the PhiladelphiA Brigade. whose
twenty four years ago began
be raid on Webb's sfAH, Who broaRhs
'Touaht him an order 10 plaas his guns
EheFe the monument nsw ID, and whom
He HAD SOT EKxx AsAIs
1Il last night.
He theR pFesanted SeTyins Z. Paine
. orator, who spoke for aboat twenty
ainMses. Than OoloDel CowAn tRans-
erred the monument 30 the Memorial
association, In whose behalf Il wAs &c
epted By Captain 3. G. Wagner.
LisatenAst W. ~. SswysEs. on behalf
{ the battery, then thanked Colonel
)owan for his efforts 10 bring aboat
hin dsdieattou, and % make is Q scc-
ess. Perhaps the moss interesting in
sdsua Of the whola dedication vas the
lEeeentasson By C0wAn 10 the Pieksst
)ivistun Association Of iha sword whiah
!. An.h. 49,. Eaa.A..aasn a. 49,